Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's featherweight

Men's featherweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Earl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date 7–13 August
Competitors 30 from 30 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ernesto Formenti  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dennis Shepherd  South Africa
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aleksy Antkiewicz  Poland

The men's featherweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 7 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts will consist of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Eduard Kerschbaumer (AUT) PTS
 Felipe Verdú (ESP)
 Eduard Kerschbaumer (AUT)
 Benoy Bose (IND)  Francisco Núñez (ARG) PTS
 Francisco Núñez (ARG) PTS  Francisco Núñez (ARG) PTS
 Michel Ghaoui (LIB)  Manuel Vidella (CHI)
 Manuel Vidella (CHI) PTS  Francisco Núñez (ARG)
 Edgard Delannoit (BEL)  Dennis Shepherd (RSA) PTS
 Basilio Álvez (URU) PTS  Basilio Álvez (URU)
 Bob Goslin (NZL)  Eddie Johnson (USA) PTS
 Eddie Johnson (USA) RSC-3  Eddie Johnson (USA)
 Dennis Shepherd (RSA) PTS  Dennis Shepherd (RSA) PTS
 Sidney Greave (PAK)  Dennis Shepherd (RSA) PTS
 Mohamed Ammi (FRA) PTS  Mohamed Ammi (FRA)
 Peter Brander (GBR)  Dennis Shepherd (RSA)
 Matti Tammelin (FIN)  Ernesto Formenti (ITA) PTS
 Laurie Birks (AUS) PTS  Laurie Birks (AUS)
 Mohamed Hamouda (EGY)  Seo Byeong-Ran (KOR) KO-2
 Seo Byeong-Ran (KOR) PTS  Seo Byeong-Ran (KOR)
 Pedro García (PER) PTS  Aleksy Antkiewicz (POL) PTS
 Svend Aage Sørensen (DEN)  Pedro García (PER)
 Leon Trani (PHI)  Aleksy Antkiewicz (POL) PTS
 Aleksy Antkiewicz (POL) PTS  Aleksy Antkiewicz (POL) Third place
 Béla Farkas (HUN)  Ernesto Formenti (ITA) PTS
 Ernesto Formenti (ITA) PTS  Ernesto Formenti (ITA) PTS  Aleksy Antkiewicz (POL) PTS
 Kevin Martin (IRL) PTS  Kevin Martin (IRL)  Francisco Núñez (ARG)
 Moos Linneman (NED)  Ernesto Formenti (ITA) PTS
 Kaare Gundersen (NOR)  Armand Savoie (CAN)
 Clotilde Colón (PUR) KO-1  Clotilde Colón (PUR)
 Jamshid Fani (IRI)  Armand Savoie (CAN) PTS
 Armand Savoie (CAN) DSQ-3

References

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